Bull
Run Unitarian Universalists
Manassas, Virginia
Environmental
Information
Center
We offer these links
to environmental information for our members and their communities as
part of our Green Sanctuary Program. The local geographical area includes
Prince William and the adjacent counties of Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun,
and Stafford in Virginia.
Disclaimer: Bull Run Unitarian Universalists does not endorse any of the organizations listed. This information is provided as a general public service. Please contact us if you know of any changes or additions.
RECYCLING
The Internet Consumer Recycling Guide
Computers
List
Compiled by Fairfax County
Dell
Exchange
Printer
Cartridges
The Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative (NOVEC) recycles
the cartridges. Recycling boxes are at the following NOVEC locations:
Minnieville Road office, Gainesville office, and main office in Manassas
on Lomond Drive. The cartridges are turned over to the Prince William
Clean Community Council which gets $1 for each and uses the money for
the organization's projects including its education programs and for cleaning
up litter and graffiti.
Aluminum Cans
Appliances
Batteries, Automotive
Batteries, Button
Batteries, Electronics
Batteries, Rechargeable
Brush (tree branches)
Cardboard
Catalogs/Magazines
Cereal Boxes
Food Cans
Glass Bottles & Jars
Grass
Household Hazardous Waste
Junk Mail
Leaves
Mixed Paper
Motor Oil
Newspaper
Office Paper
Plastics (#1 & #2 Bottles and Jugs)
Scrap Metal
Telephone Books
Yard Debris
Aluminum & Bi-Metal (steel tin) Cans
Corrugated Cardboard
Glass Bottles and Jars
Magazines
Newspapers
Office Paper
Phone Books
Textiles
Newspapers
Glass Bottles and Jars
Aluminum Cans
Steel Food Cans
Plastic Bottles
Magazines & Catalogs
Cardboard & Paperboard
Phone Books
White Office Paper
Glass Bottles and Jars
All Food and Beverage Cans
Plastic Jugs and Bottles, #1 & #2
Newspaper
Household Alkaline Batteries
Magazines, Telephone Books, and Catalogs
Corrugated Cardboard
Motor Oil or Antifreeze
Grass, Leaves, Brush, Branches, Prunings
Car Batteries
Scrap Metal
White Paper
Plastic Containers, #1 & #2
Green, Brown, and Clear Glass
Aluminum Cans
Bi-metal Cans
Cardboard
Newspapers
Magazines
Used Motor Oil
Antifreeze
Auto and Equipment Batteries
Scrap Metal
White Office Paper
City
of Manassas
Newspapers
Telephone Books
Office Mixed Paper/White Paper
Cans-Bimetal and Aluminum
Magazines
Glass Jars and Bottles
Plastic, #1 & #2
Cardboard
Yard Waste
Cereal Boxes/Box Board (drop off)
Newspapers
Aluminum
Glass of all Colors
Plastics and Tin
GREEN BUYING
The Center
for a New American Dream helps Americans consume
responsibly to protect the environment, enhance quality of life and promote
social justice. This link introduces
the concept of green buying and provides surfing destinations for green
products.
Green
Seal is
an independent, non-profit organization that strives to achieve a healthier
and cleaner environment by identifying and promoting products and services
that cause less toxic pollution and waste, conserve resources and habitats,
and minimize global warming and ozone depletion. This link
is to green product recommendations.
http://www.greenseal.org/
Green Pages is a program of
Co-op America which is a national nonprofit organization
founded in 1982 that provides the economic strategies, organizing power
and practical tools for businesses and individuals to address today's
social and environmental problems. This link allows searching
for green products and services by subject and zip code.
http://www.greenpages.org/
Green Home
offers a Healthy Home Tour for you to evaluate your home environmentally
room-by-room with an eye toward updating.
http://care2.greenhome.com/tour/
ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
State
and Local
Fairfax Audubon Society
helps communities in northern Virginia to experience nature and get involved
in protecting birds, other wildlife and important habitats.
http://www.fairfaxaudubon.org/
The Nature
Conservancy of Virginia has
protected more than 235,000 acres of critical natural lands in Virginia.
While Virginia's biological diversity ranks in the top quarter of states,
eight percent of the state's species are at risk of extinction.
http://nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/virginia/
The
Virginia Chapter of the Sierra Club has four conservation
priorities: Mattaponi/King William Reservoir, sprawl/smart growth, water
quality, and air quality. Solid waste and Virginia's forests are
two active environmental issues.
http://virginia.sierraclub.org/
Local groups include the
Great Falls Group,
which is engaged in urban sprawl and beltway expansion issues at present,
http://virginia.sierraclub.org/greatfalls/
and the Mount Vernon Group which is currently
involved in Potomac River, smart growth, and transportation issues.
http://virginia.sierraclub.org/mvg/
The Piedmont
Environmental Council
is a 30-year-old non-profit organization dedicated to promoting and protecting
the Piedmont's rural economy, natural resources, history and beauty
http://www.pecva.org/
The Virginia Native Plant Society's programs
emphasize public education, protection of endangered species, habitat
preservation, and encouragement of appropriate landscape use of native
plants.
http://www.vnps.org/
Information on the local chapters, Fredricksburg Area
Native Plant Society, Piedmont Chapter, Potowmack Chapter, and Prince
William Wildflower Society can be found at
http://www.vnps.org/chapters.html
The Prince
William Conservation Alliance works to enhance Prince William
County's livability by preserving and restoring its environment through
public education, grassroots and volunteer action, and public policy development.
http://www.pwconserve.org/
